GRE Word List
AVOCATION
a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby
The meaning of the word avocation is a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| actuary | clerk |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |